{"id":443921,"date":"2026-05-16T00:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T00:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/443921\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T00:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T00:25:09","slug":"who-is-maverick-mcnealy-a-look-at-the-stanford-university-grad-contending-at-aronimink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/443921\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Maverick McNealy? A Look at the Stanford University Grad Contending at Aronimink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maverick McNealy is in contention at Aronimink Golf Club through 36 holes of the 2026 PGA Championship. The 30-year-old from Stanford, California, is a Stanford University graduate who turned professional in 2017 and has steadily built one of the more consistent r\u00e9sum\u00e9s on the PGA TOUR.<\/p>\n<p>Maverick McNealy: Fast FactsFull Name: Maverick McNealyBorn: November 7, 1995 (Age 30)Hometown: Stanford, CaliforniaResidence: Las Vegas, NevadaCollege: Stanford UniversityTurned Professional: 2017<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pgachampionship.com\/leaderboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LEADERBOARD: Follow live scores from Aronimink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Background<\/p>\n<p>McNealy was one of the most decorated amateur golfers in Stanford history.<\/p>\n<p>He was a three-time, first-team All-American, &#8217;15 Haskins award, &#8217;15 Nicklaus award, &#8217;17 Byron Nelson award, &#8217;17 Ben Hogan award. Eleven collegiate victories, second-lowest single-season scoring average in NCAA history.<\/p>\n<p>Tied the Stanford University record for lowest 18-hole score (61).<\/p>\n<p>Member of the 2015 and 2017 U.S. Palmer Cup teams.<\/p>\n<p>Turned professional in 2017 and has been a full-time PGA TOUR member since, building his game steadily across multiple seasons into a reliable presence in major championship fields.<\/p>\n<p>PGA Championship History<\/p>\n<p>McNealy has made five appearances at the PGA Championship, with his best result coming at Valhalla in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>YearCourseFinishScore2021Kiawah IslandMC78-73 (+7)2022Southern Hills CCT-7573-71-78-73 (+15)2023Oak Hill CCMC78-73 (+11)2024Valhalla GCT-2366-72-69-67 (-10)2025Quail Hollow ClubT-3370-72-69-73 (E)<\/p>\n<p>Career PGA Championship Earnings: $290,480 <br \/>Cuts Made: 3 of 5 <br \/>Best Finish: T-23 (2024, Valhalla) <br \/>Lowest Round: 66 (Round 1, 2024 Valhalla)<\/p>\n<p>2026 Season<\/p>\n<p>McNealy has posted consistent results across a full 2026 schedule heading into Aronimink:<\/p>\n<p>TournamentResultSony Open in HawaiiT-24Farmers Insurance Open10thWM Phoenix OpenT-13AT&amp;T Pebble BeachT-29Arnold Palmer InvitationalT-13THE PLAYERS ChampionshipT-32Valero Texas OpenT-21Masters TournamentT-18RBC HeritageT-16Truist ChampionshipT-37<\/p>\n<p>His T-18 at the 2026 Masters \u2014 closing with a 67 at Augusta \u2014 is his best major championship result to date. He ranked 5th around the greens and 14th in putting that week, categories that have emerged as strengths in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maverick McNealy is in contention at Aronimink Golf Club through 36 holes of the 2026 PGA Championship. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-443921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}